Discover Secret Sydney: hidden places off the beaten track, historical oddities, quirky bars, sites of the unusual and the unknown.
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Bluey's Beach
More than just a sandy shore, Bluey’s Beach is a popular Mid-Northern locality for tourists and locals alike.
Royal National Park Walks
Royal National Park Walks: the perfect way to experience the unmatched beauty of Australia’s oldest National Park.
Wattamolla Beach
Wattamolla Beach, a unique Australian paradise where you can swim either side of the sand!
Observatory Hill
Now a charming CBD park with an atronomy museum, 'Observatory Hill' has had many names and purposes over its long and s…
Garden Island
Today an Australian navy base, Garden Island is a historic part of Sydney that was adopted by European colonists mere m…
Blues Point Tower
Designed to be the first part of a modernist housing utopia in North Sydney, Blues Point Tower was so unpopular that th…
Paddington Reservoir Gardens
An architectural delight, Paddington Reservoir Gardens incorporates a long-abandoned 19th century reservoir into a beau…
Wedding Cake Rock: Instagram Fame Vs Instability Claims
The iconic sandstone rock formation in Sydney’s Royal National Park that looks good enough to eat!
Chinese Garden of Friendship
An area of tranquility in the heart of Sydney, where the fundamentals of nature provide visitors with refreshment of th…
Wendy Whiteley’s Secret Garden
An oasis of wild and eccentric beauty in the heart of Sydney, where a simple ode to love and loss has allowed for the c…
Milk Beach
Milk Beach is a tiny, hidden beach with stunning views of Sydney Harbour. The perfect escape from the crowds of Bondi, …
Cockatoo Island
A former penal colony for reoffending convicts, Cockatoo Island has seen some interesting characters over the years, bo…
Little Bay Beach
With its golden sands and sheltered coast Little Bay beach is a Sydney hidden gem. It also was once neighbour to the wo…
Gladesville Bridge
A landmark engineering achievement, Sydney's Gladesville Bridge was the first concrete bridge in the world to span 1,00…
Milson Island
Over the last 125 years Milson island has served as WWI hospital, a quarantine zone, part of a two-island mental asylum…
Bungarribee House
Bungarribee house is an architectural heritage site and former colonial house built in 1822 on land once inhabited by t…
Gore Hill Cemetery
Dating back to a time when grand cemeteries were symbols of a city's status, Sydney's Gore Hill Cemetery is a sun-bleac…
Chinatown Sydney
Chinatown Sydney was born out of gold and has survived years of racist policies and relocation to become what is now on…
Justice And Police Museum
Situated in a cluster of 19th Century legal buildings , Sydney's Justice and Police Museum details the history of crime…
Angels Place Sydney
Angels Place Sydney is a discrete CBD alleyway that features one of the city's strangest and most calming art installat…